Retirement begins

My last day in my office. I never realized how hard it would be to turn off the computer for the last time!

Can you believe I finally have a blog set up? Stefi is visiting for a couple of weeks. Monday is our day together & the first activity on the list was to set up a blog for me. Actually, I had it completed except for a template background but didn't realize I had because of template difficulties.

Retirement was a bittersweet experience. I've been there for 18 years and the friendships developed during that time are hard to leave. The celebrations, gifts and expressions of love and appreciation made it more difficult than I expected. Although stressful, the position of management over a team of 12-14 people over the past 8 years was rewarding. I truly enjoy directing, teaching and guiding others. It is even more apparent to me now that I am no longer in a position to do that. Grandpa doesn't appreciate my attempts at that with him. (ha,ha).

I've now been retired (??) for over a month. Retired but not bored. During that time, a visit to the Ophthalmologist revealed that Grandpa needed cataract surgery. This had to be completed before my insurance expires so within a 3 week period he has surgery on both eyes. It is amazing! He is only using drug store reading glasses, and complaining about how bright the light is. The Dr said his recovery so far has been above average but he isn't convinced of that. He is not able to do anything strenuous yet and must wear those snazzy wrap-around sun glasses.

Grandpa in his stylish (?) shades.

I am aware of the random positions of the photos. They just didn't seem to want to cooperate with my attempts to place them in an orderly manner. Hopefully these newsletters will become more professional as I gain experience.